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This particular car was originally used to race in A modified sports
car class in the 1960’s. Car was built on top of a tubular frame and
raced on the East coast in the mid 60’s and even made a couple of
attempts at the national record for A modified sports car. Although
the attempts at record breaking events proved short by a narrow
margin , the car did make passes faster then the national record
that were unofficial. In 1966 at an official race a attempt at the
record resulted in a run of 10.61 on a 10.48 national record for A
Modified sportscar. It is reported that the car made several 10.2
runs at a local track before the record attempt only to fall short
on the official day. In 1967 the car was updated with a fresh L88
427 engine with a clutchflight transmission. The car then ran
consistently under 10 seconds and its best time that year was 9.80
at 143. The car was raced many times after that only to be sidelined
for years when its owner/driver was in a serious automobile accident
while on duty as a police officer. |
